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Summer weather is hot and getting hotter. 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers discussed Thursday morning about how rising temperatures are affecting U.S. productivity, the economy and the overall health of American citizens.

Wildlife experts in the United States are struggling with a problem: As some kinds of threatened animals increase in number, they put pressure on other at-risk creatures.

Duke experts discuss heat wave with media

The dead and dying forests are eerie and unmistakable. Their spread strains the economic, historic and social fabric of NC’s coastal communities.

Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. can make the oil and gas sector pay for methane leaks—but the law leaves out a controversial source of the pollutant.

The climate bill that President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law today will increase pressure on U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters to reduce methane emissions. But the extent of those reductions is an open question, thanks to a series of exemptions in the bill that could allow LNG facilities to skirt a new fee on methane leaks.

The effects of high overnight temperatures, especially on vulnerable populations, concern heat and climate experts Dr. Ashley Ward and Dr. Luke Parsons as much as the hot and muggy summer days.

Climate change is having an impact on how North Carolinians live and work. That’s according to 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers, who said in a recent virtual media briefing with the media that some of the worst effects are due to long summer heatwaves.